Cheapest States for Car Insurance

April 4, 2013

If you thought what you pay for car insurance was based entirely on you and what you were driving, think again - where you live can also have an impact.

Forbes recently revealed the costliest and cheapest places in the United States to insure a car. For instance, Louisiana residents are apparently paying the most of all Americans for car insurance with an annual average paymet of $2,699, while second highest goes to Michigan where residents shell out average premiums of $2,250 each year.

So where's the cheapest? That would be Maine, where residents only pay an average of $934 a year in car insurance.
Below is list of the top 10 most and least expensive states for car insurance.

Tip: be sure to compare insurance rates at least once a year. It's not that hard to save a few hundred dollars a year by switching.

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Most Expensive States

State

Average Annual Auto Insurance Rate

Louisiana

$2,699

Michigan

$2,520

Georgia

$2,155

Oklahoma

$2,074

Washington, DC

$2,006

Montana

$1,914

California

$1,819

West Virginia

$1,816

Rhode Island

$1,735

Kentucky

$1,725

Least Expensive States

State

Average Annual Auto Insurance Rate

Maine

$934

Iowa

$1,028

North Carolina

$1,085

Ohio

$1,106

New Hampshire

$1,112

Idaho

$1,133

Vermont

$1,176

Indiana

$1,183

Washington

$1,226

Arizona

$1,227

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